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1. Becky D

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   Melisa

   shelters will get the fixed earlier so they can give them up for adoption but it should wait until the kitten is 4-6 months old.
2. fang58000

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   Dangelo

   It is typically between the age range that you mentioned. If you call you vet they can tell you specifically whether or not a 10 week old can be done.
3. Beck

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   Jaylen

   wait untill 6 months, your kitten is too young
4. old cat lady

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   Roman

   Shelters started doing the early (2 month, 2 lb) surgeries over ten years ago. The Winn Feline Foundation had done a study showing that it was not harmful for the cat this early.

   For shelters it has made a big difference as taking deposits on future surgeries or checking if it ever got done at all just wasn’t working. Now they just don’t let them out the door till its done.

   Many vets still hang on to the six-month date for getting it done. Frequently a cat can have a first heat at five months and get pregnant or a male cat can mature and starting spraying in the house.

   The early surgery has a very quick recovery time – little female kittens are bouncing around and playing with siblings just a few hours after surgery.

   Most spay/neuter clinics will certainly do your kitten at three months. If you want to be conservative about it you can wait till she’s five months, or five and one half. I think you can persuade your vet to do it at that very slightly early date.
5. >^_^< 15m

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   Cannon

   The average age to get a kitten fixed is between 4-6 months old
6. Scott S

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   Marcie

   Age is not the determining factor on getting your kitten fixed. Male kittens can be neutered when the weigh a minimum of 2.5 pounds and the females can be spayed when they reach a minimum of 3 pounds. This information is right from the vets I was at this morning. We’ve been following this rule for a few years now and have not had a single issue.
7. cat lover

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   Lisa

   Most people fix their kittens at 4-6 months old. Mine was 6 months when he got fixed, and he did well.
8. P-Plate

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   Casie

   If you definately don’t want kittens, then when your kitten is between 4 & 9 months, you can arrange for her to be spayed.
9. catloverme123

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   Sylvia

   as long as the kitten is at least 2 pounds, it can be fixed. most vets want to wait till 6 months so talk it over with your vet. don’t let it get much past 6 months though.
10. Kina

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    Glenda

    As close to 6 months is best, most vets wont do it any earlier anyway and if you wait to long after it will cost you more!
11. Kathryn

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    Jagger

    8 weeks and 2 pounds. My foster kitten just got fixed & adopted out at 12 weeks. He was about 2.5 pounds.

    Waiting until 6 months of age is useless. Cat’s heal faster when they are fixed at a younger age. My shelter fixes them and puts them up for adoption between 8 and 9 weeks. Most vets like to wait until 6 months of age, but that’s just a ‘traditional’ sort of thing, and really doesn’t mean anything.
12. JBird

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    Margaret

    Ask your local vet. There was a Spay Day in my community and the youngest kitten was 2 months old. There were about 7 of them and the vets said they were old enough.